Long enough to cover both your knee and shins from trail debris, pedals and what ever else the trail throws at you (we are pretty sure it hasn't been tested with wild animals, so if you get one chasing you, pedal harder).

The soft VPD 2.0 (Visco-Elastic Polymer Dough is covered by a flexible low friction hard shell to help you glide across the rocks should you find yourself grovelling in the dirt, a pretty handy feature in the world of DH where the terrain doesn't tend to be smooth.

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3D Moulded VPD 2.0 Knee Protector

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Perforated For Heat And Moisture Control

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Flexible Low Friction Hard Shell Knee Caps

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Kevlar Reinforced Stretch Fabric

POC are a Swedish company, built around a strong mission; to do everything they possibly can to save lives and to reduce consequences of accidents for gravity sports athletes. By developing and renewing what personal protection is all about, POC has set new standards when it comes to technical solutions, construction, material combinations and engineering to increase the degree of protection.

Based in Saltsjöbaden, just outside of Stockholm (an important centre for some of Europe’s leading research and development experts in the areas of safety, medicine, health care, advanced product development and testing) the organization pulls from competences in many different fields; employing engineers, material specialists, industrial and graphic designers, neurologists, back specialists and a large test team of athletes to produce a line of lightweight, high performance gear that offers the ultimate protection against injury thanks to superior impact absorption and penetration resistance.

When developing a product POC do it in the spirit of doing the best, never compromising materials or construction to make a product cheaper if that means compromising safety, quality or performance. As a result you can be assured that each and every piece of POC equipment is as good as it can possibly be and not as good as it's price dictates.

When companies make improvements, it is normally to solve a problem, but not where POC is concerned. Improving on an already successful design, the VPD 2.0 range offers even better shock absorption properties than the original VPD series, giving a completely new situation when it comes to the traditional trade-off between flexibility and real protection.

With the ability to transform from soft to hard when needed and the extreme shock absorption properties, you no longer have to choose between freedom of movement and the right protection.

Improvements on the previous VPD range include enhanced flexibility in cold temperatures and increased tear resistance. Further improvement to anti-penetration has been made to the back protector with a durable thermoplastic polymer sheet integrated into the spinal area for extra protection of this vulnerable area.

The VPD material stays on the same high level of absorption for every impact. This is an important element that POC has implemented as POC believe that body armour will take several beatings both during a single fall, but also during its complete life time.

POC believe that having the highest possible level of protection is key to safety, but is inadequate if this is not also matched with comfort. POC protection anatomically and ergonomically follows the shape of your body. At the same time, the protection is supple enough to allow complete freedom of movement, along with superior ventilation.

Only remember that no protection - not even POC protection - will safeguard you against all the risks of riding, so use your head and respect the mountain.